maige

Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *magyos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂yos, a derivative of Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s.

Adjective

maige

  1. great, mighty

Mutation

Mutation of maige
radical lenition nasalization
maige
also mmaige in h-prothesis environments		 maige
pronounced with /β̃-/		 maige
also mmaige

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “maige”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian [Term?].

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

maige class IX (plural maige class X)

  1. young locust (locust before it can fly)
    Synonym: kimatu
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